it is with great sadness that I wish to share the following information, kindly transmitted by Prof. Kazumasa Wakamatsu, President of the Japanese Society for Pigment Cell Research (JSPCR):
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of JSPCR members, I am very sad to inform you that Professor Emeritus Yutaka Mishima of Kobe University passed away yesterday. He was 87 years old. He successively held the first president of IFPCS (1990-1993) and also the first president of JSPCR. He made a significant contribution to the society. I would like to say my sincere condolence for his death. It is very sad, but he lived a full and vibrant life indeed.
Best wishes,
Kazumasa Wakamatsu
President of JSPCR
Prof. Yutaka Mishima hosted the International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC) in Kobe (Japan) in 1990 and was also Honorary Member of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research (ESPCR)
May he rest in peace.
Lluis Montoliu
Treasurer and Webmaster of IFPCS, on behalf of the IFPCS Council
A great loss to Pigment Cell Research. Certainly Dr. Mishima has made impressive contributions to Pigment Cell Research, and to the Federation as well.
My condolences to his family and to members of the JSPCR,
very sad to learn about this. I would like to express my most sincere condolences. I had occasion to meet professor Mishima during his visit in Naples and appreciated his high interest in science and great energy. Indeed a great loss to all the pigment cell community and our Federation.
All my condolences and sympathies for the japanese and world pigment cell community. Prof. Mishima was really an excepcional and unforgottable person. Full of activity and great scientific leader.
I am saddened to learn of Prof. Mishima’s passing. I remember him well, from his visit to Prof. King and myself in the USA, and from the IPCC in Kobe. He will be missed.
With thanks,
Rich
Richard A. Spritz, M.D.
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The next ESPCR meeting will be held in Brussels 12-14 Sep 2019, hosted by Véronique del Marmol. “A bridge between the pathology and physiology of the melanocyte” Deadline: 1st June. Great list of speakers confirmed. Please register and submit your work to be presented in Beussels
We are most pleased to announce our next Fritz Anders Lecture awardee: Marisol Soengas @msmelanoma @CNIO_Cancer for her achievements in melanoma research. She will receive a Medal and deliver the Lecture at the forthcoming ESPCR 2019 meeting in Brussels https://t.co/01NewP2tEZ
Greetings from Chicago airport, a stop on my way to Denver (Colorado) invited by Richard Spritz @CUDenver to deliver tomorrow a talk about the situation of people with #albinism in #Africa who face terrible challenges well beyond what it’s already experienced in Western countries
This is the Yamagata Terrsa, the venue for the #IPCC2020 @ifpcs conference that will be held in Yamagata, 18-21 june 2020, hosted and organized by Prof. Tamio Suzuki, Department of Dermatology of University of Yamagata. @EuSPCR https://t.co/erER82lwdk
Tamio Suzuki is a reference dermatologist in Japan, collecting and analyzing all cases of #albinism detected in this country. Tamio identified HPS3 and HPS4 genes causing Hermansky-Pudlak syndromic albinisms while he was a postdoc in Richard Spritz’s lab in Denver. @HPSNetwork
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